CMP Review 2023-10-13

October 13, 2023

About a week ago, we found this huge wasp’s nest right in a tree on our yard. It’s at least 18 inches tall. The nest only became visible to us when the tree shed its leaves, but it had obviously been there for a while. Hidden in plain sight.

A few days after we first spotted it, our neighbour wrote to tell us he was watching a squirrel attacking the nest. We weren’t home so we missed the show. The squirrel got inside the hole and basically ripped the nest apart. The next photo shows what it looked like once our squirrel friend was done with it!

What an amazing construction! Insects (and woodland creatures) are just astounding, aren’t they?

@antonella.f.greco